Neo Starter Deck (TCG)

The Neo Starter Deck is an introductory deck from the Neo 1 Expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It was released in Japan only and contains a random assortment of cards from the set. The deck was constructed in the following manner: -

• 2 random holographic rare cards
• 2 random rare cards
• 8 random uncommon cards
• 18 random common cards
• 30 Basic Energy cards:
  • 5 Grass Energy
  • 5 Fire Energy
  • 5 Water Energy
  • 5 Lightning Energy
  • 5 Psychic Energy
  • 5 Fighting Energy

• This deck is unusual as the cards for each rarity are completely random, unlike English decks which all contain the same pre-selected cards. This trend was first used in the Pocket Monsters Trading Card Game Deck, and partially continued in the Pokémon-e Starter Deck and Venusaur/Charizard/Blastoise Half Decks.
• This deck is similar to English releases such as the 2 Player Starter Set and 2 Player CD-Rom Starter Set, designed to introduce players to the Generation II cards found in Neo 1.
• This was the only full deck to be released in Japan accompanying the Neo series.
• None of the cards in this deck have rarity symbols (as is the case with all Japanese fixed sets), making these more valuable than the cards found in the main set.
• Like other Theme Decks, the Neo Starter Deck also includes a rulebook, damage counters, a custom coin (Lugia) and card list.